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Call Of The Herald (Godsland, #1) (2008)

by Brian Rathbone(Favorite Author)

3.57 of 5 Votes: 5

languge

English

genre

Paranormal Fantasy

publisher

White Wolf Pres, LLC

series

The Dawning of Power

review 1: This book gets 3.8 stars from me. Even though I felt like the author held me at arm's length, I really wanted to know what happened next.I'm not sure if it was the author's style or the lack of individual voice that kept me from bonding with Catrin and the other characters in this book. I liked Catrin. She was a relatable character, but I just never FELT her emotions and conflict. Instead, I was relegated to the position of outside viewer, which is more for movies not books. The story isn't incredibly unique, but it did feel like a fresh twist on the same old prophecy, conquest, end of world tropes.It also left too many questions at the end, so I didn't get the feeling I'd actually finished the story. You all know how I feel about series that don't give a complete problem/... moresolution in each installment.However, since book two is currently FREE in eBook format, I went ahead and downloaded it. We'll see if things improve as the author warms up to his story and characters.
review 2: The story was intriguing, but details left me annoyed.*****SPOILERS*****Trees that were so big 20 people, arms outstretched, could not circumference it; a half day’s hike that started before the sun rose ended in building a fire, eating dinner, and looking at the stars. It should have been midday!! Hail from the previous night was grapefruit sized, but no one was hurt by any hail during the storm. Also, poor Osbourne. He is the guy that always gets beat up or injured. It is like his character was created solely for this purpose. From the townies practically killing him to the swarm of hornets to the ..... I felt bad for him. Honestly, half way through the book I decided that he was going to be the character to die at the end. He may have. I’m not sure.So, then we get to Catrin’s new “sense” of being able to read the energies of everything. You cannot tell me that it is only now in life that she realizes that when leaves fall from trees and decompose on the ground that it is part of the life cycle of the forest. If she has lived in the mountains all of her life and works on a farm and attends school... not believable. Even if she never learned it from a mentor or school, isn’t this something explored as a child? I lived in the woods for only some of my childhood and I saw what happened to leaves over time. They could find no water when they were skirting the desert, but Catrin has this amazing sense to see everything now. But, then they had to be wary of bumping into the cacti. If Catrin has this ability, wouldn’t she see the water waiting to be tapped in the plants? And what do I say about the desert tribe? It pained me to see their lines written as old west, stereotypical, Native American broken English. Do other non-native speakers have this broken English? Yes, but the “tribe” thing really made it seem like they were stereotypical “Indians”.Setting that all aside, let’s get to something else. Why is Catrin the only woman in this story except for the snobby (and let’s assume pretty) girl at school? Her travel companions, sorry, guardians are all male. Could there not be another girl that was also strong? Is Catrin even strong? Sigh. I know this is a series of books, but the ending of this first one was lame. Oh, another ship is coming ... I think I’ll go to sleep. Am I being overly harsh? Maybe, but I’m also being honest. Again, the story itself was not bad. It was the details (especially toward the end of the book) that were eye-roll inducing. less

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